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AScribe Health News Service, February, 2006
Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago
CHICAGO, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team from the University of Illinois at Chicago has developed the first interactive tool using mobile phones to educate the public about pandemic flu.
The free, interactive media -- called Mobile PanFlu Prep -- will be demonstrated at the Local, State and Federal Public Health Preparedness Summit Feb. 22-24 in Washington.
Public launch is March 1.
"It seems so logical, but this is the first time that cell phones have been used to communicate valuable public health information for disaster preparedness," said Colleen Monahan, director of the Center for the Advancement of Distance Education at the UIC School of Public Health, who was the creative force...
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